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Sat Aug 19 06:03:13 ‘I hope Trump is assassinated’: A Missouri lawmaker faces mounting calls to resign after Facebook comment By Herman Wong and Lindsey Bever August 18 at 7:12 PM A Missouri lawmaker is under mounting pressure to resign after she said on social media she hopes President Trump is assassinated, following his response to violence at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville. Democratic state Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal went on her personal Facebook page Thursday morning to vent two days after the president blamed “both sides” for the brutality. “I put up a statement saying, ‘I really hate Trump. He’s causing trauma and nightmares.’ That was my original post,” she told the Kansas City Star. The Facebook post received many responses, Chappelle-Nadal said, and to one she replied, “I hope Trump is assassinated!” [Trump embraces culture war with call to preserve Confederate statues] Chappelle-Nadal later explained that she didn't actually wish harm to come to Trump but wrote it out of frustration. “I didn’t mean what I put up. Absolutely not,” Chappelle-Nadal told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “It was in response to the concerns that I am hearing from residents of St. Louis.” “There are people who are afraid of white supremacists,” she added. “There are people who are having nightmares. There are people who are afraid of going out in the streets. It’s worse than even Ferguson.” Though the senator quickly deleted the comment, an image of the statement swept social media, catching the attention of the Secret Service and prompting calls for her to step down. The Secret Service said it is “looking into the comments,” adding that all threats made against the president, vice president and other protected persons are investigated, whether the threats are direct, implied or made in passing, according to the Associated Press. Much like when comedian Kathy Griffin released a video and photo of her holding a mask made in the image of Trump’s bloody severed head, a backlash soon came. On Friday Republican Gov. Eric Greitens weighed in on Twitter, saying that if Chappelle-Nadal will not resign, the state senate can vote to remove her. “I believe we should,” he said. http://www...nation/?utm_term=.54fd47cd74a9

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